Reviewed by Martin
Chernow's book is enjoyable and he doesn't hesitate to draw conclusions. However, you know when he is doing so.
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Reviewed by Marcia
President Obama and members of the Democratic Party (with the connivance of the MSM) are portraying the Tea Party movement as out of the mainstream of American political tradition. Pauline Maier in her book, From Resistance to Revolution, reveals …
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Reviewed by Martin
Ira Stoll's biography of Samuel Adams covers the tremendous contribution of this oft overlooked and unheralded founding father. Unlike McCullough's tome on his more lauded cousin, John Adams, Stoll's book is relatively short.
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Reviewed by Martin
Glenn Beck's Common Sense avoids the descent into mere diatribe. What's more it actually does compare favorably with Thomas Paine's pamphlet of the same name. However, Beck is explicit in calling out that he is not advocating for people to take up arms and revolt in the same way that the patriots of 1776 did. He is calling for people to get up and be heard before it's too late.
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Reviewed by Martin
R.J. Pestrito's Woodrow Wilson and Roots of Modern Liberalism is a short but thorough analysis of Wilson's political beliefs. It is not a polemical attack on Wilson, but rather an in-depth analysis of his philosophical underpinnings and the origins of modern liberalism.
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Reviewed by Martin
Jonah Goldberg put a lot of effort into this book. Instead of writing a polemic diatribe against the nasty left, he took his time and meticulously researched and documented the lineage of the present day progressive. The book is shocking in its simplicity. The facts are there for anyone honest enough to search them out. The insidious aspect of the tactics used by modern day progressives is that the facts are actually unimportant, the issues are actually unimportant. These modern day versions of Mussolini don't differ much in their opinions about the pragmatic nature of their philosophy.
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Reviewed by Martin
Author Walter Isaacson's treatment of Franklin is deft, insightful, and fair. He neither engages in hagiography or revisionism. After reading this book, one gets a very good sense of Franklin's character and personality. It contains enough historical detail and explanation of the events occurring in the subject's lifetime to give meaning to his words and deeds. The incidental coverage of John Adams is especially interesting when taken in context with McCullough's biography.
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